Match-shooting toy pistol.



G. A. REYNOLDS &.H. E. BENNETT.

MATCH snoomm Toy PISTOL.

APPLIOATION TILBD JULY 81905.

GEORGE ALBERT REYNOLDS, or nomineren BEACH, AND HARPER EUGENE BENNE'IT,

or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

specification uf Letters raient.

appagante sied july a 196s. sect1 no. szc.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gannon rnnnr REYNOLDS and HARPER EUGENE BENNETT,both citizens of the United States, the former 5 residing atl'luntington Beach, in the county of Orange, and the latter residing` atLos Ane'eles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of ftlifornia, haveinvented a new and useful ldatchhooting Toy Pistol, ci which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The object of this invention is to provide a practical match-shootingpistol.V

Another object oi the invention is to so construct the pistol that amatch may be inserted and tired therein with the greatest ease, facilityand expedition, and without the manipulation of any firing-nin, andwithout the liability of losing any o the parts.

@ther objects are che-apness, simplicity and safety against fire.

The accom anying drawing illustrates the invention. The views are axialsections.

Figure l is a view of the pistol cocked and loaded. Fi' 2 shows thepistol with the hammer re eased and about to tire the match. Fig. 3shows fragments oi the barrel and hammer in the act of firing the match.

i designates the barrel of the 'pistol pro-.

vided with a convex breech end 2, and also provided from end to end witha bore 3, which for a space oi about l; of an inch at the breech is of aproximately the diameter of lthe match to e shot therein, and isenlarged forwardly of such quarter-inch space, thus providing at thebreech a contracted seat e to hold the match, and an enlarged way 5 iniront of the seat so that when the hammer 6 strikes the rnatch the samewill cause the head of the match to explode, and will also at the sainetime drive the match forward, and the momentum of the match and theforce of the explosion will eject the match from the barrel.

The hammer 6 is provided with a concave face 7 to inclose the convexbreech 2, thus preventing the explosion f laterally and also adding toand giving irection to the force of an explosion to drive the match 'outof the barrel. 1

The bore 3 is unobstructed throughout from breech to muzzle and isadapted to contain a match, and the rin -like match-seat 4 is adapted toclosely lit tlgie match and hold it centrally inside of the bore out ofcontact 5 with the walls thereof throughout the greater rom throwinorireI extentI of the match-body. The purpose of this isA to so hold thematch that the slight explosive torce of the fulminatin'g head there# ofin addition tho the force of the bloivv of the hammer will be suflioientto eject the body of the match from the barrel with considerable force;the annular seat 4 serving to a' ply the force of the ex ending gases toallie end of the match for a llimited time until the match has receivedthe requisite impetus, after which the match-body is practically free tobe ejected from the barrel.

match slightly withdrawn, or only loosely against the breech. Then whenthe trigger is drawn and the hammer allowed to fall, the Y ex losionoccurs and the stem of the -match Wil be driven from the barrel. In caseof any failure of the match-stem to be ejected from the barrel, the nextmatch when ,insorted will push the rst match forward. The lengthof thebarrel is preferably such that the match thus pushed forward will benearly ejected by the second match. Then when the pistol 1s again iired,both matches may be ejected by the same explosion. The hammer isarranged to be retracted below the line ofthe bore when the hammer iscocked so that the matchaney be freely inserted over the hammer.` andWithout any intel'ierenm therewith..

By the construction shown the annular seat or ring 4 at thcl breechforms an anvil hammer -without the intervention of any firing-pin. Theresidue of the match-heads may be easilyremoved from time to time sincethe same lsdeposited outside the barrel. The annular seat prevents theescape with the match-stern of any dangerous fire-brands that otherwisemightaccompany the match- 4stem in its flight.

1.' A match-shooting pistol having a bore ada 'ted to contain a matchand provided at the reech with a short annular seat to support the matchin such bore by the portion of the match near the head thereof, saidbore being enlarged forwardly from said seat to llowlthe matchtodischarge freely fromthe arre a convex breech and a bore which ati therammed June i5', lace;`

In ractical use the match should be inserte into the breech, leaving thehead of the against which the fulminating material atl the head of they,match will be crushed by thef 2. A match-shooting pistol providedwith' breech forms e seat epprox'imatel equal in diameter to e matchstem and en erged for- Wardly of the seat to allow free ejection; saidpistol being also provided with a hammer with a concave face to fit theconvex breech.

3. A imrtch-shooting pistol provided at its breech with u. ring-likeseat to hold the match near the head thereof and rovidedl with u hammerthat is ea'able of eing retrected out of line of' the ore of the pistolwhen the hammer is cocked so as to allow the'v ready insertion of amatch into the bore; the breech of said pistol being adapted to forman'unvil upon which the hammer will crush vthe head of the Inu-tch tocause un explosion of the fulmiuating material thereo'l outside of thebarrel.

4. A nmtch-sl'looting pistol lmving a concave hammer and et convexbreech, the letter being ada )ted to form un anvil on `which theHAlPEl't EUGENE BENNETT. In presence o'l.h

JAMES H. Towxsmxn,

L. ll. NoL'rE.

